Component-based system for computer implemented multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projection

ABSTRACT

A component-based system and method is provided for generating and processing multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projections. In embodiments, the system includes four integrated processes for data storage, retrieval, manipulation, communication, processing, and end user application tasks. Two or more components may interface for performing tasks. A data component stores, retrieves, and manipulates data utilizing functions under conditions of variable internet and non-internet connectivity. A communications component transmits and receives data to/from the data component for manipulation by the processing component. The processing component includes an artificial intelligence machine learning component and logic for manipulating the data to generate gridded mesoscale meteorological projections arrayed spatially and temporally. A post-processing component allows users to receive and retrieve automated projections from the data repository in a format suitable for end user application to automatically support and enhance the accuracy of computationally complex but tractable position, navigation, and timing solutions.

BACKGROUND

This disclosure is in the field of systems and methods that facilitatethe use of computer implemented task management for generating andprocessing spatially and temporally delineated 3-dimensional mesoscalemeteorological projections for accurate position, navigation, andtiming.

Mesoscale meteorological phenomena are atmospheric conditions that havetypical spatial scales typically ranging between 10 km and 1000 km inhorizontal extent and of variable vertical height in the Earth's loweratmosphere (e.g. the troposphere, the average height being dependent onlocation and generally being in a range of up to 6 km, up to 14 km, andup to 18 km above the earth's surface depending on geographic location,the troposphere being of greatest height at the Equator and of lowestheight at the North and South Poles). Examples of mesoscale parametersinclude air temperature, wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity,atmospheric pressure, density, atmospheric stability, thunderstorms, gapwinds, downslope windstorms, land-sea breezes, and squall lines. Many ofthe weather parameters that most directly impact human activity occur onthe mesoscale making accurate projections of mesoscale meteorologicalconditions essential to position, navigation, and timing (PNT)solutions. The embodiments in this disclosure utilize a component-basedcomputer implemented system to generate and process multi-dimensionalgridded mesoscale meteorological projections with or without reliance oninternet connectivity to automatically support and enhance the accuracyof computationally complex but tractable position, navigation, andtiming solutions such as but not limited to ballistic, aviation,maritime, and ground transportation applications and support adjustmentsor corrections along the parabola in PNT along a ballistic trajectory ornon-ballistic path.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of this disclosure provide an integrated system thatincludes a set of four integrated processes for performing data storage,retrieval, manipulation, communication, processing, and end userapplication tasks for real-world position, navigation, and timing. Twoor more components may interface for performing tasks using a computerimplemented system of components or modules that contain data and acollection of related software structures and procedures. The datacomponent serves as a data cache to store, retrieve, and manipulategeoreferenced and time-referenced mesoscale meteorological datautilizing a plurality of functions under conditions of variable internetand non-internet connectivity. It also contains a communicationscomponent that interacts with the other components as well as receivevarious localized meteorological sensor data. The processing componentincludes an artificial intelligence machine learning module and logicfor manipulating the archival data derived from earth gravitationalmodels, historical records, localized external independent data andprior projections, including interpolated values, to generatemulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projections heightthat are arrayed spatially and temporally when exposed to data sets. Apost-processing component allows users to receive and retrieve automatedgeoreferenced and time-referenced projections of mesoscalemeteorological phenomena from the data repository in a format suitablefor end user application.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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NUMBERING AND ELEMENTS USED IN THE DRAWINGS AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION

-   -   10 Component-based System for Computer Implemented        Multi-Dimensional Gridded Mesoscale Meteorological Projection    -   20 Internet Connectivity State    -   21 Full Internet Connectivity    -   22 Degraded Internet Connectivity    -   23 No Internet Connectivity    -   30 Computer    -   40 Data Component    -   41 Server    -   42 External Hard Drive    -   43 Kestrel Type Device    -   50 Communications Component    -   60 Processing Component    -   61 Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Module    -   70 Post-Processing Component

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Embodiments of this disclosure provide an integrated system thatincludes a set of four integrated processes for performing data storage,retrieval, manipulation, communication, processing, and end userapplication tasks for real-world position, navigation, and timing. Twoor more components may interface for performing tasks. This isaccomplished by using a computer implemented system of components ormodules that contain data and a collection of related softwarestructures and procedures. The system contains both data and acollection of structures and procedures, so each discrete componentencapsulates a package of data, structures or procedures. An individualcomponent can be visualized simultaneously as self-sufficient orautonomous since it does not require other additional structures,procedures or data to perform its specific tasks and also linked to oneor more other components to produce an aggregated output based on acombination of those tasks.

Referring now to the drawings, embodiments of the component-based systemfor computer implemented multi-dimensional gridded mesoscalemeteorological projections 10 with variable internet connectivity 20states ranging from reliance on full internet connectivity 21 toreliance on intermittent internet connectivity 22 to no reliance oninternet connectivity 23 for the computer 30 to perform data storage,retrieval, manipulation, communication, processing, and end userapplication tasks for accurate position, navigation, and timing andconstraint of otherwise variable PNT error along a trajectory or path.

The data component 40 serves as a data cache involving one or moreservers 41 or external hard drives 42 to store, retrieve, and manipulategeoreferenced and time-referenced mesoscale meteorological data forparameters such as air temperature, wind speed, wind direction, relativehumidity, atmospheric pressure, density, and atmospheric stabilityranging across distances typically between 10 km and 1000 km inhorizontal extent and of variable vertical height in the Earth's loweratmosphere utilizing a plurality of functions under conditions ofvariable internet and non-internet connectivity.

The communications component 50 interacts with the other components 40,60, 70. Communication between the components or modules is achievedthrough machine executable software code. The communications componenttransmits and receives archived data to/from the data component formanipulation by the processing component. It receives requests for andtransmits archived data from the processing component to thepost-processing component for end user application. The communicationscomponent is capable of generating a historical record of completedtasks.

The processing component 60 includes an artificial intelligence machinelearning module 61 and logic for manipulating the archival data derivedfrom historical records and prior projections, including interpolatedvalues, to generate multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorologicalprojections between 10 km and 1000 km in horizontal extent and ofvariable vertical height in the Earth's lower atmosphere that arearrayed spatially and temporally when exposed to data sets. Eachpredicted value is georeferenced for a time defined interval within agrid of no less than 5 km spatial resolution to estimate local scalemeteorological parameters. The incorporation of AI-based ML forperforming data manipulation makes it possible to generate projectionsthat augment human decision-making without more data or more detaileddata than realistically is likely to be available.

The post-processing component 70 allows users to receive and retrieveautomated georeferenced and time-referenced projections of mesoscalemeteorological phenomena from the data repository in a format suitablefor end user application to automatically support and enhance theaccuracy of computationally complex but tractable position, navigation,and timing solutions such as but not limited to ballistic, aviation,maritime, and ground transportation applications to support adjustmentsor corrections in PNT along a trajectory.

By way of a non-limiting example, the component-based system is used toderive an aerial flight path or ballistically influenced parabolicsolution affected by naturally occurring unconstrained PNT phenomena.Application of multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorologicalprojections in numerical format defined by the end user will account fornonstandard meteorological conditions along the trajectory or flightpath mitigating an otherwise unconstrained point to point error budget.

Additional example, whereas current national and global forecast modelsmay be relatively easily accessed with full internet connectivity,austere environments and remote locations suffer from limited to nointernet connectivity making planning and execution of weather dependentoperations at excessive risk. Application of multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological numerical projections along planned ballistic,aviation, maritime and ground transportation routes significantlymitigate PNT effects as a planning factor.

In one embodiment, each component has full internet connectivitycapability. The full internet connectivity state includes unconstrainedsatellite access for data and communication transmission. Large datatransmission and manipulation using remote or cloud-based resources fordata storage, processing, and post-processing end user applications isfeasible. Real-time or near-real time meteorological data is used undernormal conditions for initial input from the data component to populatethe processing component to discipline standard lapse rates ofatmospherics and to assist in real-time generation of the mesoscalemeteorological projections for end user application to PNT.

In other embodiments, one or more components have degraded/limitedinternet connectivity or non-internet connectivity conditions. Thedegraded internet connectivity state includes limited communicationsbeyond local networks, exogenously derived real-time or near-real timemeteorological data is available sporadically, and intermittentsatellite access capability. Limited real-time or near-real timemeteorological data supplemented by endogenous archived information isused for initial input from the data component to populate theprocessing component to discipline standard lapse rates of atmosphericsand to assist in real-time generation of the mesoscale meteorologicalprojections for end user application to PNT.

The denied internet connectivity state includes no communications beyondlocal networks, exogenously derived real-time or near-real timemeteorological data is unavailable, and no satellite access capability.In the degraded connectivity state, large data transmission andmanipulation is difficult beyond local networks and on-site processing.Only endogenous archived information and position constant georeferencedx, y & z coordinates is used for initial input from the data componentto populate the processing component to discipline standard lapse ratesof atmospherics and to assist in real-time and perpetual generation ofthe mesoscale meteorological projections for end user application to PNTuntil such time that internet connectivity is regained.

By way of a non-limiting example, the degraded internet connectivitystate includes limited communications beyond local networks and loss ofsatellite communications. Large data transmission and manipulation willbe difficult or impossible beyond local networks and on-site processingdegrading the accuracy of NPT. Local, real-time surface weather datawill be available for ingestion as entry argument information into themodeling engine to discipline standard lapse rates of atmospherics andto assist in real-time training of the model with a simple Kestrel typedevice 43 as a module of the data component.

Example embodiments of a component-based system for computer implementedmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projection maycomprise a computer; a data component; a communications component; aprocessing component; and a post-processing component. The computer maybe a notebook or desk top computer with an easy-to-use graphical userinterface that encapsulates the architecture for and functions as thesingle point of access to technical execution of the standardized taskswithin or between components and masks the complexity of the executionof the tasks allowing the architecture to exist as an autonomous unit,thus allowing internal changes to be made to the architecture withminimal impact to application.

The data component may include one or more servers or external harddrives for data storage to function as a data cache for pre-processedand post-processed data wherein the database includes mesoscalemeteorological information configured in a structured format as an arraycomprising one or more georeferenced locations for a set of time-definedinterval within a grid of no less than 5 km spatial resolution for eachelement in the database.

The communications component may include machine executable softwarecode that transmits and receives archived data to/from the datacomponent for manipulation by the processing component; receivesrequests for and transmits archived data from the processing componentto the post-processing component for end user application; and iscapable of generating a historical record of completed tasks.

The processing component may include an artificial intelligence machinelearning module and logic for manipulating the archival data derivedfrom historical records and prior projections, including interpolatedvalues, to generate multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorologicalprojections between 10 km and 1000 km in horizontal extent and ofvariable vertical height in the Earth's lower atmosphere that arearrayed spatially and temporally when exposed to data sets. Eachpredicted value of a specified meteorological parameter is georeferencedfor a time-defined interval and configured in a structured format topopulate an array comprising one or more georeferenced locations for aset of time-defined interval within a grid of no less than 5 km spatialresolution for each element in the database.

The post-processing component may include machine executable softwarecode and functionality to receive and retrieve automated georeferencedand time-referenced projections of mesoscale meteorological phenomenafrom the data repository in a format suitable for end user applicationto automatically support and enhance the accuracy of position,navigation, and timing solutions and support adjustments or correctionsin PNT along a trajectory or path.

A component-based system for computer implemented multi-dimensionalgridded mesoscale meteorological projection of this disclosure mayinclude

-   -   a computer including a graphical user interface and a        microprocessor with associated software embedded thereon, the        computer including a user application arranged to use        meteorological data as an input and calculate a position,        navigation, and timing of a trajectory path within a        user-defined time interval;    -   a data component including one or more servers or hard drives        containing multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological        data of one or more mesoscale meteorological parameters, said        data comprising historical data, prior multi-dimensional gridded        mesoscale meteorological projections, and real-time and        near-real-time data collected by local sensors, internet-enabled        sensors, or provided by an external data source, said data being        stored as elements in an array, each element of the array being        georeferenced within a grid of no less than 5 km spatial        resolution and time-referenced;    -   a processing component including an artificial intelligence        machine learning module and logic arranged to manipulate the        said data, including interpolating values based upon a user        request, to generate, for a user-specified meteorological        parameter along a user-defined path and within a user-defined        time window, a multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale        meteorological projection of the user-specified meteorological        parameter between 0 km and 1000 km in horizontal extent and of        variable vertical height in the troposphere, said projection        being arrayed spatially within a grid of no less than 5 km        spatial resolution and temporally based upon the user defined        time interval and stored in the data component;    -   a post-processing component arranged to receive and retrieve the        georeferenced and time-referenced projection of the        user-specified mesoscale meteorological parameter in a standard        weather format—such as but not limited to METAR, vector export        formats including but not limited to Shapefile, ISO/OGC,        GeoJSON, raster grid export formats such as ESRI ASCII or Binary        Grid, NetCDF, or GEOTIFF, and Google Earth KMZ or KML/KMZ format        files, and the like—for use by the user application;    -   a communications component including machine executable software        code arranged to:    -   transmit and receive the said data in RF format, digital format,        or a combination thereof; receive a user request for and        transmit the said data from the processing component to the        post-processing component for the user application; and generate        a historical record of completed tasks;    -   the communications component further arranged to, wherein when        the system is in a full internet connectivity state, the        communications component transmits and receives at least one of        the real-time and near-real-time data from internet-enabled        sensors and the external data source to and from the data        component; and wherein when the system is in a no internet        connectivity state, the communications component transmits and        receives at least one of the historical data, the prior        multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projections,        and the real-time and near-real-time data collected by the local        sensors.

While embodiments of a component-based system for computer implementedmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projection and amethod of its use have been described, modifications can be made to thedetails of construction without departing from the scope of thisdisclosure. The following claims and their recited elements andlimitations include the full range of equivalents to which they areentitled.

What is claimed:
 1. A component-based system for computer implementedmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projections, thecomponent-based system comprising: a computer including a graphical userinterface and a microprocessor with associated software embeddedthereon, the computer including a user application arranged to usemeteorological data as an input and calculate a position, navigation,and timing of a trajectory path within a user-defined time interval; adata component including one or more servers or hard drives containingmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological data of one or moremesoscale meteorological parameters, said multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorologial data comprising historical data, priormulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projections, andreal-time and near-real-time meteorological data, the real-time andnear-real-time meteorological data collected by local sensors,internet-enabled sensors, or provided by an external data source, saidmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological data beinggeoreferenced within a grid of no less than 5 km spatial resolution andtime-referenced; a processing component including an artificialintelligence machine learning module and logic arranged to manipulatethe said multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological data,including interpolating values based upon a user request, to generate,for a user-specified meteorological parameter along a user-defined pathand within the user-defined time interval, a multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological projection of the user-specified meteorologicalparameter between 0 km and 1000 km in horizontal extent and of variablevertical height in the troposphere, said multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological projection being arrayed spatially within agrid of no less than 5 km spatial resolution and temporally based uponthe user-defined time interval and stored in the data component; apost-processing component arranged to receive and retrieve thegeoreferenced and time-referenced multi-dimensional gridded mesoscalemeteorological projection of the user-specified mesoscale meteorologicalparameter in a format for use by the user application; a communicationscomponent including machine executable software code arranged to:transmit, receive, or receive and then transmit the saidmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological in radio frequencyformat, digital format, or a combination thereof; receive a user requestfor and transmit the said multi-dimensional gridded mesoscalemeteorological data from the processing component to the post-processingcomponent for the user application; and generate a historical record ofcompleted tasks; the communications component further arranged to:wherein when the system is in a full internet connectivity state, thecommunications component transmits, receives, or receives and thentransmits at least one of the real-time and near-real-timemeteorological data from internet-enabled sensors and the external datasource to and from the data component; and wherein when the system is ina no internet connectivity state, the communications componenttransmits, receives, or receives and then transmits at least one of thehistorical data, the prior multi-dimensional gridded mesoscalemeteorological projections, and the real-time and near-real-timemeteorological data collected by the local sensors.
 2. The system ofclaim 1, wherein, the one or more mesoscale meteorological parametersand the user-selected mesoscale meteorological parameter include atleast one mesoscale meteorological parameter selected from the groupconsisting of air temperature, wind speed, wind direction, relativehumidity, atmospheric pressure, density, atmospheric stability,thunderstorms, gap winds, downslope windstorms, land-sea breezes, andsquall lines.
 3. The system of claim 1, wherein, at least one of theprior multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projections isgenerated by the processing component.
 4. A method for multi-dimensionalgridded mesoscale meteorological projections, the method being acomponent-based, computer implemented method comprising: storing, on oneor more servers or hard drives of a data component, multi-dimensionalgridded mesoscale meteorological data of one or more mesoscalemeteorological parameters, said multi-dimensional gridded mesoscalemeteorologial data comprising historical data, prior multi-dimensionalgridded mesoscale meteorological projections, and real-time andnear-real-time meteorological data, the real-time and near-real-timemeteorological data collected by local sensors, internet-enabledsensors, or provided by an external data source, said multi-dimensionalgridded mesoscale meteorological data being georeferenced within a gridof no less than 5 km spatial resolution and time-referenced;manipulating the said multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorologicaldata within a processing component including an artificial intelligencemachine learning module and logic, including interpolating values basedupon a user request, to generate, for a user-specified meteorologicalparameter along a user-defined path and within a user-defined timeinterval a multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projectionof the user-specified meteorological parameter between 0 km and 1000 kmin horizontal extent and of variable vertical height in the troposphere,said multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projection beingarrayed spatially within a grid of no less than 5 km spatial resolutionand temporally based upon the user-defined time interval and stored inthe data component; sending, to a post-processing, component thegeoreferenced and time-referenced multi-dimensional gridded mesoscalemeteorological projection of the user-specified mesoscale meteorologicalparameter in a format for use by a user application, the post-processingcomponent arranged to receive and retrieve the georeferenced andtime-referenced multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorologicalprojection of the user-specified mesoscale meteorological parameter inthe format for use by the user application, the user applicationcalculating a position, navigation, and timing of a trajectory pathwithin the user-defined time interval, wherein a communicationscomponent including machine executable software code is arranged to:transmit, receive, or receive and then transmit the saidmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological data for use in theprocessing component in radio frequency format, digital format, or acombination thereof; receive a user request for and transmit the saidmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological data from theprocessing component to the post-processing component for the userapplication; and generate a historical record of completed tasks; thecommunications component further arranged to: wherein when the system isin a full internet connectivity state, the communications componenttransmits, receives, or receives and then transmits at least one of thereal-time and near-real-time meteorological data from internet-enabledsensors and the external data source to and from the data component; andwherein when the system is in a no internet connectivity state, thecommunications component transmits, receives, or receives and thentransmits at least one of the historical data, the priormulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projections, and thereal-time and near-real-time meteorological data collected by the localsensors.
 5. The method of claim 4, wherein, the one or more mesoscalemeteorological parameters and the user-selected mesoscale meteorologicalparameter include at least one mesoscale meteorological parameterselected from the group consisting of air temperature, wind speed, winddirection, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, density, atmosphericstability, thunderstorms, gap winds, downslope windstorms, land-seabreezes, and squall lines.
 6. The method of claim 4, wherein, at leastone of the prior multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorologicalprojections is generated by the processing component.
 7. Acomponent-based system for computer implemented multi-dimensionalgridded mesoscale meteorological projections, the component-based systemcomprising: a computer including a graphical user interface and amicroprocessor with associated software embedded thereon, the computerincluding a user application arranged to use meteorological data as aninput and calculate a position, navigation, and timing of a trajectorypath within a user-defined time interval; a data component including oneor more servers or hard drives containing multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological data of one or more mesoscale meteorologicalparameters, said multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological dataincluding data selected from the group consisting of historical data,prior multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projections,and real-time and near-real-time meteorological data, saidmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological data beinggeoreferenced within a grid of no less than 5 km spatial resolution andtime-referenced; a processing component including an artificialintelligence machine learning module and logic arranged to manipulatethe said multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological data,including interpolating values based upon a user request, to generate,for a user-specified meteorological parameter along a user-defined pathand within the user-defined time interval, a multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological projection of the user-specified meteorologicalparameter between 0 km and 1000 km in horizontal extent and of variablevertical height in the troposphere, said multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological projection being arrayed spatially within agrid of no less than 5 km spatial resolution and temporally based uponthe user-defined time interval and stored in the data component; apost-processing component arranged to receive and retrieve thegeoreferenced and time-referenced multi-dimensional gridded mesoscalemeteorological projection of the user-specified mesoscale meteorologicalparameter in a format for use by the user application; a communicationscomponent including machine executable software code arranged to:transmit, receive, or receive and then transmit the saidmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological data in radiofrequency format, digital format, or a combination thereof, receive auser request for and transmit the said multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological data from the processing component to thepost-processing component for the user application; and generate ahistorical record of completed tasks; the communications componentfurther arranged to: wherein when the system is in a full internetconnectivity state, the communications component transmits, receives, orreceives and then transmits at least one of the real-time andnear-real-time meteorological data from internet-enabled sensors and theexternal data source to and from the data component; and wherein whenthe system is in a no internet connectivity state, the communicationscomponent transmits, receives, or receives and then transmits at leastone of the historical data, the prior multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological projections, and the real-time andnear-real-time meteorological data.
 8. The system of claim 7, wherein,the real-time and near-real-time meteorological data are collected bylocal sensors or internet-enabled sensors, or are provided by anexternal data source.
 9. The system of claim 7, wherein, the one or moremesoscale meteorological parameters and the user-selected mesoscalemeteorological parameter include at least one mesoscale meteorologicalparameter selected from the group consisting of air temperature, windspeed, wind direction, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, density,atmospheric stability, thunderstorms, gap winds, downslope windstorms,land-sea breezes, and squall lines.
 10. The system of claim 7, wherein,at least one of the prior multi-dimensional gridded mesoscalemeteorological projections is generated by the processing component. 11.A method for multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorologicalprojections, the method being a component-based, computer implementedmethod comprising: storing, on one or more servers or hard drives of adata component, multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological dataof one or more mesoscale meteorological parameters, saidmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological includes dataselected from the group consisting of historical data, priormulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projections, themulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological data beinggeoreferenced within a grid of no less than 5 km spatial resolution andtime-referenced; manipulating the said multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological data within a processing component including anartificial intelligence machine learning module and logic, includinginterpolating values based upon a user request, to generate, for auser-specified meteorological parameter along a user-defined path andwithin a user-defined time interval, a multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological projection of the user-specified meteorologicalparameter between 0 km and 1000 km in horizontal extent and of variablevertical height in the troposphere, said multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological projection being arrayed spatially within agrid of no less than 5 km spatial resolution and temporally based uponthe user-defined time interval and stored in the data component;sending, to a post-processing, component the georeferenced andtime-referenced multi-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorologicalprojection of the user-specified mesoscale meteorological parameter in aformat for use by a user application, the post-processing componentarranged to receive and retrieve the georeferenced and time-referencedmulti-dimensional gridded mesoscale meteorological projection of theuser-specified mesoscale meteorological parameter in the format for useby the user application, the user application calculating a position,navigation, and timing of a trajectory path within the user-defined timeinterval, wherein a communications component including machineexecutable software code is arranged to: transmit, receive, or receiveand then transmit the said multi-dimensional gridded mesoscalemeteorological data for use in the processing component in radiofrequency format, digital format, or a combination thereof, receive auser request for and transmit the said multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological data from the processing component to thepost-processing component for the user application; and generate ahistorical record of completed tasks; the communications componentfurther arranged to: wherein when the system is in a full internetconnectivity state, the communications component transmits, receives, orreceives and then transmits at least one of the real-time andnear-real-time meteorological data from internet-enabled sensors and theexternal data source to and from the data component; and wherein whenthe system is in a no internet connectivity state, the communicationscomponent transmits, receives, or receives and then transmits at leastone of the historical data, the prior multi-dimensional griddedmesoscale meteorological projections, and the real-time andnear-real-time meteorological data collected.
 12. The method of claim11, wherein, the real-time and near-real-time meteorological data arecollected by local sensors or internet-enabled sensors, or are providedby an external data source.
 13. The method of claim 11, wherein, the oneor more mesoscale meteorological parameters and the user-selectedmesoscale meteorological parameter include at least one mesoscalemeteorological parameter selected from the group consisting of airtemperature, wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity, atmosphericpressure, density, atmospheric stability, thunderstorms, gap winds,downslope windstorms, land-sea breezes, and squall lines.
 14. The methodof claim 11, wherein, at least one of the prior multi-dimensionalgridded mesoscale meteorological projections is generated by theprocessing component.